Customer engagement

Prioritizing your customers and strengthening your business are two sides of the same coin. Ask your customers what they want and need first—then find creative, insightful ways to follow through.

Latest stories Page 6

10 ways to handle customer complaints (types + importance) Article

10 ways to handle customer complaints (types + importance)

Customer complaints can help make your business better. Here are some steps for handling them in an impactful way.

6 productivity tips for customer support agents Article

6 productivity tips for customer support agents

Reducing the time it takes to resolve a customer issue makes everyone happier. Getting there means taking actionable steps for greater support agent efficiency

3 best practices to cultivate loyalty in customer service Article

3 best practices to cultivate loyalty in customer service

There are actionable ways to drive loyalty through your customer support. And loyalty really matters

Traveling this holiday season? You might be messaging a lot more than usual Article

Traveling this holiday season? You might be messaging a lot more than usual

Travel and hospitality brands are creating unique, scalable customer experiences using messaging

What is customer empathy? Tips and importance Article

What is customer empathy? Tips and importance

Customer empathy is the ability to see things from the customer’s perspective. Walking a mile in your buyers’ shoes can have big-time business value.

Put the customer experience first with inside tips from Zendesk Article

Put the customer experience first with inside tips from Zendesk

In order to effectively deploy exceptional customer service solutions, there are five key phases of implementation that every company should consider

From notifications to conversations Article

From notifications to conversations

How India’s largest crowdfunding platform doubled donations with WhatsApp

Meet your customers anywhere. Go omnichannel. Infographic

Meet your customers anywhere. Go omnichannel.

Customers expect to be served on their preferred channel, whether it be via phone, email, chat,…

Beyond “buy 10 get one free”: What is customer loyalty? Article

Beyond “buy 10 get one free”: What is customer loyalty?

What exactly does real customer loyalty look like? We asked CX practitioners and experts for their best tips for building customer loyalty

How Flywheel upcycled boutique fitness and at-home classes Podcast

How Flywheel upcycled boutique fitness and at-home classes

Repeat Customer podcast, Season 2, Episode 8 When SoulCycle co-founder Ruth Zukerman abruptly left her groundbreaking…

Dealing with customer requests Article

Dealing with customer requests

Expectations for customer service and support have never been higher. And they’re going up faster than…

Big expectations, small businesses: What customers want Article

Big expectations, small businesses: What customers want

Good customer service experiences can result in more business from not just that customer, but also…

How Chip and Joanna Gaines turned a hit TV show into Magnolia Podcast

How Chip and Joanna Gaines turned a hit TV show into Magnolia

Repeat Customer podcast, Season 2, Episode 7 Chip and Joanna Gaines were stars of the hit…

‘Many to many’—providing richer, scalable customer support in the Zendesk Community Article

‘Many to many’—providing richer, scalable customer support in the Zendesk Community

An active user community is a great way for users to connect with one another, share ideas, and get answers to questions. Here's how the Zendesk Community improved and enhanced our customers' experience

How SeatGeek scores you tickets to the game Podcast

How SeatGeek scores you tickets to the game

Repeat Customer podcast, Season 2, Episode 6 When SeatGeek set out to disrupt the live-event ticket-buying…

8 customer service standards to meet: A checklist Article

8 customer service standards to meet: A checklist

Set customer service standards and regularly refine them to delight your audience and boost brand loyalty.

How Hinge muted the gamification of dating Podcast

How Hinge muted the gamification of dating

Repeat Customer podcast, Season 2, Episode 5 When dating app Hinge shifted its platform to mobile…

How Shake Shack cooked up its cheeseburger experience Podcast

How Shake Shack cooked up its cheeseburger experience

Repeat Customer podcast, Season 2, Episode 4 Shake Shack‘s improbable rise from a hot-dog cart in…

The top 3 challenges facing direct to consumer retailers (D2C) White Paper

The top 3 challenges facing direct to consumer retailers (D2C)

Here’s a common scenario: Someone starts waking up every day feeling like a zombie; they begin…

How Disney reimagined the cruise experience Podcast

How Disney reimagined the cruise experience

Repeat Customer podcast, Season 2, Episode 3 When Disney decided to enter the cruise industry in…